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araidge-oadng lmpiamean. No, 160,049 Patented Feb. 23,1875.

BETHEL BURTON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARTRIDGE-*LOADING litdPLElilENTS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. MOJMHP, dated February23, 1875; application filed l September 4, 1874.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BETHEL BURTON, of the city of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented certainImprovements in a Cartridge Loading Machine, of which the following is aspecification:

The object of my invention is a machine or tool, complete in itself,which shall be exceedingly light and portable, for loading and reloadingcartridges of different dimensions, as shown in the accompanyingdrawing.

Figure lis a side view. The dotted lines indicate the interior parts.Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is an end view ot rotating head or holder.Fig. 4 is the punch for inserting the cap and opening the mouth ot' thecrimped cartridge.

The screw A passes through the head B, the point of which enters intothe crimper O, and is secured therein by means of the setscrew a. Thepoint of the set-screw o works in a groove turned on the point of thescrew A. Upon the rota-ting head D there is a spindle, E, through whicha pin, c, passes. This pin is retained in place by means of a set-screw,c. When the set-screw c is screwed all the way, in the point of the pine projects through the end of the spindle E. The cartridge is thenplaced on the spindle E, and the screw A turned, which presses thecrimper O against the head of the cartridge, and the exploded cap forcedout by the pin c. Yhen the setscrew e is screwed out until it admits thepoint of the pin c within the end of the spindle E, the punch F, Fig. 4,is then placed in the crimper O, and secured by the set-screw a. Acartridge is put on the spindle, and a cap laid in place. The screw A isthen turned, which forces the cap within the cup in the head of thecartridge. To take out the crimp in the mouth of the cartridge, therotating head D is turned round. The head of the cartridge is placedwith its flange in the groove d, formed in the rotating head D, and thepunch F forced into the mouth of the cartridge by means ot' the screw A,pressing it open. The screw is then turned back, and the flange ot thecartridge held fast by the groove d in the rotating head D until thepunch F is pulled out ot' the cartridge.

When the cartridges are filled and ready for crimping, the flange of thecartridge is again placed in the groove d. The point oi' the bullet isentered in the hole L in the crimper O, the punch having been removed byunscrewing the set-screw a. The screw A is again turned, pressing thecrimper on the bullet, and into place in the mouth of the cartridge,also crimping the shell at the same time.

The head B and rotating head D are coupled together by means of slings,which slings serve as ways on which the crimper O moves up or down. Anylength of cartridge may be capped and reloaded by the use of diliterentlengths of the collar H between the head of the screw A and the head B,which limits the travel of the screw.

I claim as my inventionl. In a cartridge-loading implement, the rotatinghead and spindle D E, substantially as described.

2. The sliding crimper O and punch F, operated by a screw or press,guided in a direct line with the cartridge by means ofthe slings or waysI.

3. The combination of the revolving head, crimper, punch, screw, andframe, constituting a machine or tool, substantially as set forth anddescribed.

BETHEL BURTON.

Witnesses:

THOMAS G. OoNNoLLY, A. E. BEECHER.

